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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-19
Grateful Guards.
CORRESPONDENT.

At a meeting of the Capital Light
Guards, held at the Armory on 18th inst.
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted
Resolved, That the thanks OF the Capital
Light Guards are most heartily and CRATE
fully rendered to the eighteen young lady
friends com posing the George Green Guards
for the delightful entertainment afforded
US and the public at the d. and d. Insti-
td,e Hall on Wednesday night, 18th inst.
After weeks of patient drilling, under the
command of Capt. Green and his Lieuten-
ants, they exhibited proficiency in mill
tary tactics that was not only delightful
tacle greatly admired by the large audi
ence present, and that will be long and
pleasantly remembered. The main object
realized in handsome addition to our
treasury, the entire receipts Of the evening
having been SO applied. 1t is scarcely
necessary to resolve that We hold ourselves
in readiness to reciprocate, when occasion
may offer, this generous and substantial
cooperation of our friends. Such a man.
Hesitation of interest in our success as
Company is a strong incentive to increas-
ing efforts to excel.
Resolced, That our special thanks are
also due to the Trustees of the Deaf and
Dumb Institute, and to Prof. J. R Dobyns,
Superintendent, for the use of the Insti-
tute Hall on the occasion OF the COMPETE
tive drill.
v. I. POWELL,
LIEUT.. Ed. YEReER, COMMITTEES.
G. l. LIVINGSTON,
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Harrison County Votes for the Rail
road Subscription.

The following from the Pass Christian
Beacon, confirms the claim that 1143
votes, the number cast in favor of a
subscription of $50 GOO to the Gulf and
Ship Island Railroad Company, were a
two thirds majority of the legal voters
of Harrison county:
The Board of Supervisors, which met
at Mississippi City this week, after dill.
gent investigation, declared the result
of the late election to be in favor of the
subscription to the Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad. No one who was reasonably
disposed, or who was well informed as
to the real facts of the case, doubted for
an instant that the two-lhirds vote had
been obtained at the election, but still
the law governing such matters had to
be carried out.
The vote cast for Subscription, !"
eleven hundred and forty three, was the
largest total vote ever cast ir Harrison
county, with the exception of the Presi-
Dental election of 1884, when there was
a vote of twelve hundred and eighty-slx
1t was clear that an honest two-thirds
had been obtained. 1t is quite safe to
assert that Harrison county does not
possess over fifteen hundred qualified
voters. But still the registration books
show something over eighteen hundred.
Therefore the Board. acting under the
law, overhauled the books, and upon
sworn testimony of witnesses present
and affidavits, discovered that large
number of names appearing On the said
books were invalid by reason of death,
removal, and similar causes. So the
proposition was declared to be carried,
and the bonds ordered to be issued
when the terms of the compact shall be
complied with by the company.
We regard it as triumph both for
the railroad and the people. 1t is an
assured beginning of brighter days for
the coast. Active work will begin in
this county within thirty days.
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Lands for Sale.


In order to facilitate the sale Of lands 10
persons in the North and West, who are
now corresponding with real estate agents
or visiting our State and inspecting for
themselves, THE CLARION offers the follow
ing special inducement to all who wish to
place real estate, whether in city or coun-
try, upon the market:
For $l.00 we will publish a one-square de
scripiion-say so words--one month each
additional square or month, SI.0O. Cash
to accompany the order Tor publication.
The description to give the county or town,
number of acres, cleared and timbered i'm.
provements, quality of the land, proxim.
ity to railroads, school advantages of the
locality, price per acre, etc.
Extra copies of the paper, containing
these advertisements, will be furnished
Commissioner Carlisle for gratuitous dis
tribution to his correspondents, and will be
distributed among the excursionists from
the Northwest who will visit Mississippi
during February.
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the prior lar, which Judge Csmpbell
il Whii< !. Tnomas said was not the
case, the repeal Of the section restored
the prior law, according to the rule that
the repeal of a repeating statute revives
the old law whether statutory or COM
mon.
1t may be said that the conclusions
stated above make the act of the Legis-
lature nugatory. This is not fact, as
it is shown that the privileges Of persons
owning no interest in land have been
materially curtalled. But if it were a
fact, it is no. the first time that Legis-
lature has failed to change existing law
By the repeal Of a statute. The mem
bers of the Legislature of 1880 may
have differed in their views as to the
mischief and the remedy, and many of
| them may have acted under mistaken
view of the effect of the repeal of 1859
The courts must give effect to the legis-
lative will when it is possible to do so,
but what was the legislative viii, must
be ascertained from the words of the
statute.
Whether the Supreme Court has made
any distinction between liens for rent
and liens to secure other forms of in
debtedness is question well worth
the consideration of those who may have
important interests dependent upon 8
satisfactory answer.
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The Treasury Surplus the Occasion
of II

A circular has been issued from Wash
ington to prominent men all over the
country asking their cooperation in a
convention to be held at De Funiak
Springs, Fla, February s, 1857, ito
counsel as to the best method of secur-
ing protection for our coast, based on
modern improvements"
The circular is signed by a number
OF citizens "of the South Atlantic and
Gulf Coast Seaports" and invites the
President and the Secretaries of War
and the Navy, the military and naval
committees of Congress, the Governors
of the Gulf States, with delegates to be
appointed by them, and delegates from
the cities of the Coast States-to attend.
The circular recites that the signers
regard with alarm the unprotected con-
dition of our cities, which, ia their present
defenceless state render them and our
homes liable to destruction, or the ex-
action of tribute equally as ruinous
in the event of war. This feeling of
alarm is intensified by the humiliating
fact that a single gunboat of any third
rate power may take possession of and
destroy any one of our seaport cities
while we are unable to defer or to offer
successful resistance. While the nation
has experienced long blessing of peace
we cannot always expect this boon, and
it is imperative that our ports be placed
in state of defense, which alone would
have tendency to avert war"
Theeities whose citizens are alarmed
at their "defenceless state" are Charles
ton, 5. c., Savannah and Brunswick
Ga, jacksonville, Key West, Ceda
Keys, Pensacola, st. Augustine and APP
palachicola, Fla, Mobile and New Or
leans.
1t is perfectly manifest that this i
another scheme to raid the United
States Treasury, under the guise o
quieting the 'talarm" of large numbe
of "defenseless" citizens. There should
be no ALARM" and if there is any it i
ridiculous. 1t will never be that tn,
Government viii endeavor to fortifl
every village on the seacoast, agains
the possible attacks of possible enemies
Such scheme would never have beer
suggested but for the surplus in tn
treasury, which large as it is and vii
continue to be unless there shall be
reduction of the tariff, would fall ia
short of accomplishing what the pre-
motors of the De Funiak Convention
affect to expect.
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Polygam

The substitute of Representative
Tucker for the anti-polygamy bill of
Senator Edmunds, was agreed to, and
the Senate bill, as thus amended, passed
the House, on the 18th inst. There was
no division of the vote, only eight mem
bers rising to demand the yeas and
nays.
The bill makes the lawful husband or
wife of any person prosecuted for biga-
my, polygamy or unlawful Capitalization,
competent witness against the accused,
and provides for the registration of all
marriages, making it misdemeanor for
any person to violate the provisions rel
alive to such regulation. 1t annuls all
Territorial laws providing for the iden-
LITIGATION of the votes of electors at any
election, and also all laws comforting on
the Territorial courts the power to de.
termine divorce CAGES, and abolishes wo-
man suffrage in the Territory of Utah.
Penalties are prescribed for unlawful in
tercourse, and polygamy is defined as a
marriage between one person of one sex
and more than one person of another
sex, and is declared to be felony.
The financial corporations known as
the "Church of Latter Day Saints and
the Perpetual Emigration Fund Com
pany" are dissolved, and the Attorney
General is directed 20 wind them up by
process of court, and all laws for the or
ganization of the militia of the Territory
aud the creation of the Nauvoo Legation
are annulled.
Polygamistsj are made ineligible to
vote, and test oath is prescribed for
all persons desiring to vote, that they
will obey the laws of the United States,
and especially the laws in respect to the
crimes defined in this and the original
Edmunds act.
The bill provides for immediate APP
pointment by the President of alljudges
and selectmen of the county and pro-
bate courts, and by the Governor, of all
justices of the peace, sheriffs, constables
and other county and district officers.
1t will be seen that the bill prescribes
a test oath for voters that they will
obey the laws in respect to the crimes
defined in the original Edmunds act,
against which the Representative from
this District, in 1882, voted.
The Senate refused to concur in the
House amendment, and both the Senate
and House bills are now before con-
ference committee.
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succession, so that rotation in Office shall
really mean something, as the Offices
would then be open to every sort Of talent,
and, after all, the 'ofice-holders would be
chosen by the people quite as much as they
are to-day.
To have competent and honest men IN
Office is the one object sought, and to ac-
complish that, the question is, not how 10
put an official in, but how to turn him
out.
1t was the custom OF A. L. Stewart TO
dismiss, on the spot, any one OF his clerks
who committed the slightest error in max
ing change or summing up an account
which might be called practical, in contra
distinction to theoretical, competitive ex-
animation. 1t was an application OF the
law of Survival of the Fittest." 1t soon
became rare thing for Mr.. Stewart to
dismiss clerk He was thoroughly, well
served and so would the people be were
they to adopt his rule.
| To accomplish it, let there be some
tuiuS iiAe 81 anu Iuig eAetAnS Az pSAHA
nenee-one half OF its members TO retire al
the end of every week and their places
TO be filled by new men.
Let this tribunal, on a charge made ano
substantiated, of the slightest neglect O
duty, incompetency, dishonesty or ehurl
ishness on the part OF an Office holder
promptly dismiss him from Office, and or
der foot race or game of mumble-peg
as the case may be. to fill the vacancy. !
model corps of public officials would sool
develop under such a system.
JACK 0LANTERN.
Raymond, Miss, January 20, 1887.
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RAYMOND, Miss, ] AM
Our Two Senators.
Yazoo City Herald.

Yazoo City Hersld.l
Judging from the tone of the daily press
the Senate of the United States has no
cause to congratulate itself upon the mem
bers who are being sent to it and we are
satisfied that in the Congress, which meets
March 4th, that no State will be better
worthy members from Mississippi.
Gen. j. u. George, our senior member,
has been steadily growing Placed in
various positions he has been found equal
to all, and is now justly regarded as one of
the ablest lawyers in the Senate, which
numbers Edmunds and Evarts in its body
He has been suggested for the Supreme
Bench of the United States, and for the
Attorney Generalship, in case of vacancy,
and in either place he would reflect honor
on himself and his native State.
Gen. f. &. Walthall is the peer of any
man in Congress. As lawyer his ability
has long been recognized in Mississippi,
and time will show that he possesses
talents and ability as a jurist which will
enable him easily to take first rank in all
legal contests of Importance. Few men
have more brilliant military record than
he, and his courage and skill in battle are
excelled by the magnanimity of his dispo-
sition. No better type of the courteous
elegant Southern gentleman lives than he
and with ii all he possesses the simplicity
| known only to great minds.
Mississippi has abundant cause to be
proud of her Senators, and their career
holds out bright promises for the future
May they long continue to reflect credit in
official positions on our State.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-19
A Valuable Medical Treatise.

The edition for 1887 of the sterling Med.
ical Annual, known as Hostetter's Alma
nae, is now ready, and may be obtained
free OF cost, OF druggists and general coun-
try dealers IN all parts Of the United States.
Mexico, and indeed in every civilized por.
ton of the Western Hemisphere. This
Almanac has been issued regularly at the
commencement OF every year for over one
fifth OF century. IL combines, with the
souudest practical advice for the preserya-
lion and restoration of health, large
amount of interesting and amusing light
reading, and the calendar, astronomical
calculations, chronological items, &c, are
prepared with great care, and will be
found emit ely accurate. The issue Of
Hostetter's Almanac for 1887 will probably
be the largest edition of medical work
ever published in any country. The pro-
prietors, Messrs. Hostetter Il Co, Pltts.
burgh, Pa, on receipt OF two cent stamp,
will forward a copy by mail to any person
who cannot procure one in his neighbor-
hood.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-19
A New Departure Proposed for Sc
curing Honest and Competent Pub
lie Officers.

EDITOR CLARION: In the all import ant
matter OF securing honest and competent
service in the public offices, there is much
discussion as to the manner of putting of
fcials in whether by means of conven-
tions, primary elections, or whatever other
machinery.
In my humble opinion, all that is irrel-
evant to the question of competency and
honesty in office for no matter by what
sort of machinery man may have gotten
into Office, if honest and competent, he
ought to be kept there and if not, he
ought promptly to be turned out. The
question is of the cat itself, and not of the
hole under the door.
The King of LiIliput used to choose his
Ministers by holding out his staff horizon
tally over the floor, and those among his
courtiers who crawIed under it in the most
sbject postures, were appointed to the Of
fees The ver.cious Lemuel Gulliver de-
clares, in effect, that his Liliiputian majesty
was as we'll served by Ministers chosen in
that manner as he possibly could have
been by great parliamentary leaders, say
like Gladstone and DIsraei, or champi-
ons of national unity like Bismarck and
Cavour as well, too, as if he had chosen
his ministers by the Chinese method of
examinations, under which
Jackson would have been refu sed
a commission in the army. God himself
nominated the apostles to Office, and one
of them was Judas Iscariot. The latter's
successor was chosen by lot, and he filed
the Office worthily.
A fig, then, for the difference in the
by which men get into Office q
whether under the present system, or BY
running foot race, or skinning the cat, or
playing marbles, or leap-frog, or mumb4e
peg, or crawling under stick, or climb ng
. soaped pole, or cutting the pigeon
wing, or turning summersaults, or making
stump speeches, or blowing soap bubbles,
or playing poker.
Economy Is the only thing to be consid- |
cred in connection with the method to be |
adopted, and = al those ADORE mentioned |
are csrtainly cheap enough, / am in favor
d adopting them and others like them, in
n
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-19


IN the Texas Senate, Senator Nc
Manus called attention to a bulletin
board of pools on the Senatorial race,
posted in the State House, and offered
resolution to have it removed by the
Sergeant-at-Arms. The resolution was
adopted, but was reconsidered on the
ground that the Sergeant-at-Arms was
without jurisdiction, and tabled. If
Mrs. Morancy were keeper of the Texas
Capitol the bulletin board would not
have been put up, and had it been, the
Legislature would not have BEEN at
trouble to get it taken down. That's
the difference between Texas and Mis-
sissippi.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-19
Mississippi Weather Seryics
FLAG SIGNALS.

The daily weather indications a.
Chief Signal Ofice are published h. ~, ,ls
display of one or more OF the folloSiD5! Aue
nal flags whica are 10 remain hoists5sa g
Hunter * Harrington's drug stors S's'
the time the instructions are recelye 49, 80.
) P. NJ, and indicate the state Of -
weather until a. m. the next dsv ''s
No. is a white flag, . ,eet SQUARE
always indicates clear OF fair wratbs, -.l
rain No. 2, blue flag, u feet square 10 =
ways indicates rain or snow n .
black triangular flag, 8 feet at bsse -. =
8 feet high, always indicates a cbans. -' ~
temperature. Ii the temperature Is ~ ~; !.
il is placed above No. l or , J.; il The 80 80
pei AZURE Is to fall, il Is placed below n !
or 2. Ii is not hoisted when Tie temns,.
ture is to be stationary.
+ No. 1 Is the cold wave signal. hi.
white flag, 8 by 6 feet, with a BLACK soa,,.
10y Z ieet, IN the middle. Il is ba,.laS
only when special instructions are ~,
graphed, ami remains up during tie i'm.
specified IN the telegram.
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The Indiana and New Jersey Legis
lature.

The Democrats elected majority of
the members of the Indiana and New
Jersey Legislatures, but it is now ex-
tremely doubtful if they will be able to
elect United States Senators to succeed
the Republican Senators whose terms
expire in March.
The Indiana House has decided a
contested election case in favor of a
Republican contestant, which would
make the Legislature tie on joint bal
lot, unless the Senate, which is Demo
cratic, should decide some one of the
several contests pending in that body
against a sitting Republican in favor of
a Democratic contestant. Should this
be done the House would probably
retort by ousting another Democrat.
No one can tell to what such tactics
would lead.
The presiding officer of the Senate,
who is Democrat, refuses to recognize
the newly elected Lieutenant Governor,
who is Republican, on the ground that
the Constitution did not authorize his
election. In this position majority of
the Senate support Senator Smith, but
the Republican majority of the House,
aided by the minority of the Senate
have in joint convention received the
returns of the election and declared
that the Lieutenant Governor election
is legal and Constitutional. Senator
Smith has succeeded in getting an in.
junction against the elected Lieutenant
Governor and the matter will go to the
Supreme Court unless he concludes to
disregard the decision of the lower
court.
Senator Harrison is the Republican
nominee and Judge Turpie the Demo
cratic nominee.
In New Jersey some dissatisfied Dem.
ocrats bolted the House caucus because
their favorite was not nominated for
Speaker, and aided By the Republicans
nominated Speaker, who, though a
Democrat, is not now trusted to stand
by his party in the election of United
States Senator. The House has been
the scenes of the widest confusion, and
at this distance it looks as if the boiling
Democrats have made IDEAL" with the
Republicans, and that Senator Sewell,
who is a Republican, will be elected to
succeed himself, though Gov. Albeit,
who is the choice of the Democrats, is
not without hope.
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Brigadier- General Hazen, chief signal
officer of the United States Army, died
at Washington, d. c., the evening of the
10th, at s o'clock. of diabetic coma. He
had suffered from diabetes for several
years, but of late had improved in health
and strength, and hopes were entertained
of his recovery. He was confined to
his bed but three days before his death.
Gen. Hazen was Sc years of age. He
was native of Vermont and a graduate
of West Point. he served in the In
dian war in southern Oregon in 1856,
and saw service afterwards of the same
character in western Texas and New
Mexico. Soon after the war commenced
he took command of an Ohio regiment
and was afterwards promoted to the
offices of Brigadier General and Major
General of volunteers, for bravery and
valuable services. He was commissioned
Colonel i'll the regular army for special
gallantry. In 1880 he was appointed
chief signal officer with the rank of
Brigadier General.
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T. l.. AIREY & Co.,
VS..
w. NJ. BUCHANAN. eft al.


w. NJ. BUCHANAN, eft al.
Appeal from the chancery court of
Chickasaw county. Hon. Baxter Nc
Farland, Chancellor.
w. r. Harper for the appellant.
T. J. Buchanan, Jr., for the appellee.
til. Airey & Co. obtained judgment
against w. III. Buchanan. This judg-
ment was duly enrolled, execution issu-
ed thereon, and return of nulla bona.
Buchanan at this time was living on his
homestead, worth $4,000. Afterwards he
conveyed this homestead 10 one Mrs.
Baldwin and daughter, and they in turn
conveyed their hve-eighths interest in
$40 acres of land and two lots to the wife
OF w. VI Buchanan.
T. d. Airey & Co. filed this bill against
w. NJ. Buchanan and his wife, Mrs. NJ.
B. Buchanan, charging that the home
stead conveyed by Buchanan 20 Mrs.
Baldwin was the sole and only con-
sideration for the conveyance of the
land to his wife, Mrs. NJ. B. Buchanan,
and that she furnished nothing, and
praying that the deed be cancelled, and
The land subjected to the payment of the
judment of compliments. The defend
ant demurred to the bill The Chancel-
lor sustained the demurrer, and dismiss
ed the bill. The compliments appealed.
CAMPBELL, j., delivered the opinion of
the court.
In Adams VS.. Dees, 81 Miss, 354, the
exemptionist had converted his home
stead into a garnishable debt due to
himself, and afterward invested that
debt, which his judgment creditors had
right to pursue, in purchase in the
name of his wife, and We held that a
court of chancery should aid creditor to
reach the assets of his debtor, and apply
to the judgment, uninfuenced by the fact
that the debt arose from a sale of the
homestead, since the statute did not ex-
empt the proceeds of a homestead.
In this case the defendant in the iudg-
ment did not have debt due him for a
sale of the homestead, and did not have
title to the land conveyed in payment
for his homestead, but. conveyed his
homestead for a conveyance of other
real estate to his wife. This he had the
right to do. The case is plainly distin-
guished from that cited. Affirmed.
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Col. o. b. COLLINS, of Enterprise, a
member of the Legislature from Clark
county, has been nominated BY the Pres
ident to be consul at Charlottetown.
Prince Edwards Island. The last time
we heard from Col. Collins on the SUBJ
ject Of Federal appointments he had
made up his mind to seek an Office
beyond the seas, because in so doing he
would be less likely to encounter rivalry
and opposition. His success is proof of
his sagacity.